Yearly Archives: 2017

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Sydney Topics: SBS National Languages Competition; High Court rulings and continuing the business of government 30/10/2017 11:00AM Simon Birmingham: Alright. This is a wonderful celebration of learning language, and hopefully something that inspires other young people to try to learn languages and encourages parents to keep their kids [indistinct] children in…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Remarks at the SBS National Languages Competition Awards Ceremony, Sydney 30/10/2017 10:15AM Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, Michael, for that welcome. Ninna marni: greetings, in the language of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains, my home city. In doing so, I acknowledge all of Australia’s Indigenous peoples, and as Minister for…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FiveAA Breakfast with David Penberthy and Will Goodings Topics: High Court rulings and continuing the business of government 30/10/2017 06:11AM Simon Birmingham: Good morning guys. Presenter: Now look, setting aside the atmospherics of how all this looks, I wanted to ask you as someone who has really overseen…

Help is on the way for families feeling the hip-pocket pressure of child care fees with the Turnbull Government introducing sweeping reforms and investing an additional $2.5 billion to deliver more support for more families. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said too many families struggle with the costs of rising child care fees…

An innovative pilot program designed to boost remote students’ literacy and numeracy has been backed with a further $4.1 million from the Turnbull Government, following the release of an independent report highlighting its positive impacts. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the additional $4.1 million would extend the Flexible Literacy for Remote Primary…

Earlier today, my department informed the authority that manages the Islamic School of Canberra that the outcome of the internal review they requested has upheld the original decision to revoke the authority’s approval under the Australian Education Act 2013. The original decision detailed the department’s concerns about the authority’s governance and financial management arrangements.…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC 24 with Julie Doyle Topics: AFP search warrants on AWU offices; New child care fee data; Higher education reforms 26/10/2017 11:37AM Julie Doyle: Minister, thanks for coming in today. Now, let’s start with the news of the day before we get to some issues in your portfolio, and the Employment…

Child care fees grew at around twice the rate of the economy last year, new data from the Department of Education and Training shows. The data highlights child care fees increased by 5 per cent for all service types, including 5.7 per cent for long day care, from the 2015 December quarter through to the…